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903rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Security Dialogue: “Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition – OSCE Commitments And Lessons Learned”: – Presentation by Mr. M. Bleinroth, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the OSCE; – Presentation by Ms. A. Gruber, Ministerial Councillor, Ministry of Defence of Austria; – Presentation by Mr. M. Nikolić, Director of the Directorate for the OSCE and the Council of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro; – Presentation by Ambassador J.-C. Brunet, Ambassador-at-large on transnational criminal threats and the fight against the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France (Germany, Annex 1; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annex 2; Russian Federation, Annex 3; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia), Annex 4). Situation in and around Ukraine. Millennium Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-Operation (Switzerland, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6).

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1379 on the establishment of the OSCE Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2 Upgrade Project (Russian Federation, interpretative statement). Presentation of the 2021 Unified Budget Proposal (Russian Federation, Annex 1; United Kingdom, Annex 2). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Military aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia and direct involvement of Turkey (Armenia, Annex 3). Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, and the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 4). Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russian Federation, also on behalf of France and the United States of America, Annex 5; Azerbaijan, Annex 6; Armenia, Annex 7). Violations of the rights of refugees and migrants in the European Union. Recent developments in Belarus. Developments in the human dimension in the OSCE area (United States of America, Annex 8). Outcomes of the high-level online conference organized on the occasion of International Day for Universal Access to Information, held via video teleconference on 28 and 29 September 2020.

Conclusions from the 23rd Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference.

Security Dialogue: “Mine action with the focus on UNSCR 2365”: – Presentation by Mr. S. Poladov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA); – Presentation by Mr. S. Essén, Global Mine Action and Development Adviser, Recovery Solution and Human Mobility Team, Crisis Bureau, UNDP; – Presentation by Mr. Ö. Buğra Gönen, Planning Expert, Turkish Mine Action Centre (TURMAC), Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Turkey; – Presentation by Ms. E. Becker, Executive Director, Marshall Legacy Institute (Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, Latvia, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2; Armenia, Annex 3, Annex 4; Azerbaijan, Annex 5). Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 6).

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 11 May 2016.

892nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Presentation by Ambassador Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, of the 2019 Unified Budget Proposal. Address by the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov. Report by Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (Canada, Annex). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Second anniversary of the detention of Ukrainian journalist Mr. R. Sushchenko in the Russian Federation. Referendum in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia held on 30 September 2018.